(A) It shall be the duty of each owner of a dog to pay the license fee imposed in § 90.03 to the City Administrator on or before March 1 each year, or upon acquiring ownership or possession of any unlicensed dog, or upon establishing residence in the city. The City Administrator shall cause a notice of the necessity of paying the license fee to be printed in the official newspaper of the city one time prior to March 1, or by mailing the notice to residents in each year thereafter. In the event that payment of the license fee due on March 1 is not received, the cost of the license shall be double the original amount. The owner of a dog newly acquired after March 1 or a new resident establishing a residence after March 1 shall not be subject to the penalty for that year. However, failure of all other persons to obtain the required license is a violation of this subchapter.
(B) The ordinance codified herein was published on 11-8-1978.
(Ord. passed 1-28-1958; Ord. passed 5-16-1960; Ord. passed 2-17-1964; Ord. passed 5-15-1972; Ord. passed 8-6-1973; Ord. 26, passed 2-23-1976; Ord. 26.11, passed 10-30-1978; Ord. 2011-03 (26.7), passed 1-24-2011; Ord. 90, passed 1-7-2019)